{"pk":27519,"title":"The Relationship between Anxiety, Mind Wandering and Task-switching: ADiffusion Model Analysis","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The current study aims to examine the mechanisms underlying the negative impact of anxiety on task-switching. Todo so, we employed a stochastic diffusion model analysis along with a thought-probe technique in task-switching paradigm.Across 152 participants, we found state anxiety was associated to higher switch costs in nondecision time but not drift rateparameter of diffusion model, implying that the locus of task-switching impairment in anxious individuals is pertinent to theefficiency of task-set reconfiguration but not proactive interference processes. Furthermore, we found boundary separationparameter – which quantifies conservative decisional styles – heightened as a function of anxiety, supporting the existence ofcompensatory strategy in anxious individuals. Lastly, we found that impaired performance by anxiety was not attributed tothe frequency of worrisome thoughts during task-switching. These findings elucidate several theoretical assumptions on therelationship between anxiety and task-switching.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Posters: Member Abstracts","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0wv986ks","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Andree","middle_name":"","last_name":"Hartanto","name_suffix":"","institution":"Singapore Management UniversityHwajin Yang","department":""},{"first_name":"Hwajin","middle_name":"","last_name":"Yang","name_suffix":"","institution":"Singapore Management UniversityHwajin Yang","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2017-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/27519/galley/17155/download/"}]}